After weeks of struggling to get pictures to show up how I want them in the Verification quest, the pain is over and it’s time to focus my attention on an even bigger pain: Twine. I’ve mentioned quite a bit of what I’ve been tasked to do using the free software.
Making a non-fiction video game is still by all means extremely odd, but the challenge in creativity has been fun. With access to examples, that creativity has also increased. I always liked “The Cloud Under the Sea” when we first saw it, and using that as a source of inspiration, I have many ideas on how to get the rest of this project to give off a similar vibe.
Current Standings
Currently, CSS has been the hardest part of this alongside working with someone and trying to get each other’s work on one project file has been so much fun to do. If only. It’s so easy to find a source online that shows you what you’re trying to do, the issue comes when that example is not in the story format you want.
It feels great to accomplish something in Twine until you realize you figured it out with the Harlowe story format and your project is in Sugarcube. I feel like I’ve lost so many brain cells trying to convert Harlowe stuff to Sugarcube. However, even with this challenge I feel like I’m learning a lot more about the way HTML and CSS work hand in hand.
With this first draft, there isn’t much to our project just yet. There’s the initial set up to the topic we’re addressing and then we have an outline of how we plan to proceed. From here it’s a matter of doing some research and putting our information together until we can start working on expanding more and more.
I also feel like after this first draft, I won’t have to worry much more about getting the CSS to look good. I think I’ve spent enough time trying to make it look less like a typical twine game.
Final Thoughts
As we wrap up the rest of this semester, I’m going to simply do my best to apply what we’ve learned to this last project. I’m excited to see everything that everyone else is doing for their projects and hopefully it can give me ideas on how to better improve my own.